Hope Hooton and Kellie Elliott feared their children were not safe with their fathers. Hope sought protection after her husband threatened suicide and later experienced a psychiatric crisis. Kellie documented years of domestic violence and abuse. Yet both fathers had unsupervised time with their children, whom they later killed.
Through the stories of these two mothers, Fault Lines investigates how evidence of danger can be missed, dismissed or fail to reach family courts at all. The film examines the push for equal custody, the failure to treat violence against a parent as a risk to children and the changes advocates say could prevent other families from suffering the same losses.
Director & Producer: Amina Waheed
Correspondent: Natasha Del Toro
Director of Photography: Joel Van Haren
Editor: Adrienne Haspel
Executive Producer: Laila Al-Arian
Associate Producer & Fact Checking: Mehr Sher
Additional field production: Nicolas Pollack and Jeremy Young
Production Management: Anabelle Rojas
Legal: George Stephanopoulos
Sound Mix: Luke Rohwer
Colorist: Anna Stalter
Digital Producer: Gaure Mdee
Intern: Khadeejah Khan
Archive: Surprise Police Department, Preble County Sheriff’s Office, Hope Hooton, Kellie Johnson
Special thanks: Rafi Mustafa, Kara Durfield, Danielle Pollack, Preble County Courthouse
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